Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-02-11

emit districts whatever. He was for the
people and believed that if they wanted a
long term of school they should give ii tO
the whole district.
Mr. GOrrell said that he was opposed to
the system Of independent school districts
on general principles, for he believed the
system WAS against the hest interests OF
the State. He had heard the State Super
intendent Of Schools and many Others say
that it WAS wrong and he believed it WAS
gouging put the best part of the country
from the general ditricts.
Mr.. Kidd said that he didn't think the
the gentleman's objections We're well
founded. He said the law provided thai
in a district where the people wanted a
longer term of school they could have il
made into an independent district, and that
if the people of Grafton wanted this indie
pendent district created he thought ii
hardly Just that the members living in the
other counties should step in and say that
they shouldn't have what was necessary.
Mr.. McWhOrter said that OH general
principles be was opposed to independent
districts, but that he was in favor of this
brilliant thought that if these people
wanted the district created they have a
right to have the request granted and he
was in favor of giving it to them.
The bill vas then passed by a vote of "a
TO 20 and q motion was made that it take
effect from it's passage was adopted by a
vote of % to 3.
III. Il. -, ''In relation to the independ-
ent school district of P%ruutytOwn, in Tay-
Tor county" was passed.
Mr.. Lucas Railroad Pass bill, 81, came
up ON q third reading, and Mr.. Hagans
moved that it he recOmmitted TO the Com
mittee on Railroads.
Mr.. Lucas made an earnest speech in
defense of the bill, and asked that the
newspapers publish the vote of ayes and
nays on the bill; intending that the mem
bers were afraid to have their names 90 on
record rs voting against it. While he was
speaking the presence OF the Senate was
announced and debate wassuspended. The
House and Senate then went into joint
assembly for the election of a United
States Senator, at the conclusion of which
a recess was taken until 3 p. IN
A. the expiration of the recess the discus
sion of the motion to recOmmit the Rail-
road Pass bill was recommended. The de-
bate WAS animated and vigorous, hut con-
sisted mainly of a review of the argument
before presented. Messrs. Lucas, Kidd,
Hagans, Hamilton and Ragland engaged
in the debate. The motion to- recOmmit
was then lost by an aye and no vote of "a
to 33. The bill was then passed by 4 vote
Of29 OPS.
The ayes were:
Messrs. Rowan (Speaker), Byrne, Cham
hers, Chew, Chipley, Cochran ?. B.; Cook,
Crockett, Duval, Ferguson, Raymond,
HOke, Holmes, Sargent, Lucas, McClung,
McWhOrter, Middleton, Peck, Pugh, Rag
land, Shaw, Sinclair, Sturm, SydenstriCker,
TOler, woodward and Young.
The noes were:
MeSsrs. Bowers, Brown, Cancellor, COch-
ran, Jacob, Dawson, Depue, Gandce,
Gleason, GOrrell, Hagans, Hager,
Hamilton, Harding, Henseley, Kellar,
Kidd, Kincaid, McCombs, Cakes, Rey-
nolds, Rife, ROScberry, Thayer, Woods
GeagrI.
Absent on leave and not voting: Crow,
Hiner, Jones, Kinsey, Mckinney, Ropp,
and Whitsker-S.
The title of the bill was amended and
passed after some debate.
II. Z. -, creating. an independent
school district out of the town of Point
Pleasant, in Mason county, tO Ire known
~ the independent School district of Point
Pleasant" was passed with its title.
The Speaker announced the appoint
.cnt OF the following gentlemen ON the
part OF the House upon the Joint Commit
tee provided Tor by ). J.. k. 10, To inquire
into the eIpediency Of codilying the laws
Df the State: MeSsrs. Woods, Lucas and
HOke.
The Speaker also announced that he had
appointed, under a resolution adopted by
he House this morning TO enquire into
aud report why the bills were not printed
N regular order, AleSsrs. IeAGer, McClung
and Bowers
The fIonse then adjourned.
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